A delegation of American LGBTQ advocates are in Havana to meet Saturday with “leaders of Cuban civil society” who are demanding the government there recognize marriage for same-sex couples and create legal protections for transgender Cubans. The group from the U.S., organized by Cuban-American civil-rights attorney Tico Almeida, includes Brad Sears, executive director of the Williams Institute think tank at UCLA Law School; trans activist Dana Beyer, executive director of Gender Rights Maryland; and Nadine Smith, CEO of Equality Florida.